Short Shifts - 6-7? No. 5 in 7!

Ryan takes us on a speed run news tour around the league before launching into a full analysis of the 5 games in 7 days phenomenon necessiated by the compressed Olympic schedule. With the invaluable assistance of KKUPFL co-commissioner and data maven John Bruno, Ryan provides a link to the past analyzing all of the 5 games in 7 days periods from the last three full NHL seasons, talking about the 5 in 7 periods for the 22/23 rosters of CAR, WPG, NSH, OTT, the 23/24 rosters of CAR, WPG, CBJ, the 24/25 versions of CAR, ANA, STL and the 25/26 5 in 7s for NYR, CAR and STL. Ryan then uses the information discussed to help craft streaming strategy for upcoming 5 in 7 periods for EDM in Week 15, LAK in Week 17, and most importantly, PIT in KKUPFL Finals Week! REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lewis and Ryan are back in action with news items so red-hot you'd think they were the goal light behind Jacob Markstrom. The guys start in Long Island, where Duclair joined the seven other 2026 Hatty Havers, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 44 shots in a demoralizing blowout for Hughes, Bratt, and the rest of the ice-cold Devils. Then it's on to Justin Sourdif's 5 point night and discuss if he should be considered reliable outside an off-night week, before looking at how injuries to Shesterkin and Fox likely spell more trouble for the Rangers. Injury notes are rounded out with returns from Zucker and Jarvis, plus Malkin, Nylander, Chytil and others trending towards recovery. Hot and cold streaks cover Knies, Maccelli, and McMann in Toronto, as well as Goncalves in Tampa, and permission to say bye-rou to Kyrou. REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian gawk at the Avs, notice young Habs making waves, and consider whether some recent outjuries in New Jersey and Detroit may have needed a little more time before coming back to help you win your fantasy hockey league. REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Players discussed on the show this week include Leevi Merilainen, Linus Ullmark, Shane Pinto, Ridley Greig, Brandon Bussi, Frederik Andersen, Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Colten Ellis, Scott Wedgewood, Gabriel Landeskog, Brock Nelson, Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly, Seth Jones, Aaron Ekblad, Matthew Tkachuk, Alex Barkov, Justin Sourdif, Ryan Leonard, Connor McMichael, Filip Hronek, Jake DeBrusk, Brock Boeser, Pavol Regenda, Dmitri Orlov, Jack Eichel, Carter Hart, Adin Hill, Akira Schmid, Corey Perry, Quinton Byfield, Brandt Clarke, Karel Vejmelka, Vitek Vanecek, Barrett Hayton, Damon Severson, Denton Mateychuk, Jaden Schwartz, Jared McCann, Philipp Grubauer, Joey Daccord, Jacob Melanson, Patrick Kane, James van Riemsdyk, Jordan Kyrou, Jordan Binnington, Joel Hofer, Jack Hughes, Jacob Markstrom, Jake Allen, Calvin Pickard, Connor Ingram, Lukas Dostal, Leo Carlsson, Beckett Sennecke, Nazem Kadri, Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman, Matt Coronato, Jonathan Huberdeau, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Oliver Kapanen, Jake Oettinger, Casey DeSmith, Jamie Benn, Thomas Harley, Sidney Crosby, Yegor Chinakhov, Anthony Mantha, Justin Brazeau, Stuart Skinner, Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh, Mika Zibanejad, Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovsky, Alex Texier, Sam Montembeault, Jacob Fowler, Owen Tippett, Danila Yurov, Michael Bunting, Erik Haula, Luke Evangelista and more. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elan takes a look at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups. KKUPFL Season 11 registration is in waitlist mode. Register now for the world's best fantasy hockey league to join the waitlist to take over a team in need of a manager. If you sign up now, you're virtually guaranteed to see KKUPFL action this year! Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick is back to join Shams to ring in the new year! They open the show covering several injuries & outjuries of big name players including a couple to keep tabs on. They also go through four goalie updates and how you should manage them in fantasy. Lastly they cover three set of hot streaks which can either be Sunday Saviours or streaming targets for next week. Players Discussed: Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Chris Tanev, Jake McCabe, Max Domi, Bobby McMann, Marco Rossi, Conor Garland, Zach Werenski, Denton Mateychuk, Mason Marchment, Sean Monahan, Jack Eichel, Bo Horvat, Ilya Sorokin, David Rittich, Karel Vejmelka, Darcy Kuemper, Alex Lyon, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman, Matt Coronato, Anthony Mantha, Justin Brazeau, Samuel Girard & Sam Malinski. REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lewis and Ryan shoulder some megashow responsibilities with the first all-news Keeping Karlsson show of the week, and waste no time diving in. News includes the Chinakhov trade, returns for Dahlin, Pettersson, Horvat, Kyrou, and McCann, including a look ahead at Eichel's incipient outjury, as well as injury news for Vejmelka, Monahan, Suter, Matthews, Nylander, and more. Then the guys finish with hot streaks from BASH brothers Tolvanen and McMann, Stamkos' return to form, Igor Chernyshov's impact in SJ, and Eberle, including discussion as to why his ownership diverges so strongly from his season success. All that and more from the Short Shifts News Desk, reporting from Torontomazoo. REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian get into the muck with Fantasy Hockey Life's Victor and Jesse, mining for diamonds in the rough amongst players who are less than 70% rostered on Fantrax (at the time of recording)... one-player-per-team-draft style! Find Part 2 of this episode on Fantasy Hockey Life's feed. KKUPFL Season 11 registration is in waitlist mode. Register now for the world's best fantasy hockey league to join the waitlist to take over a team in need of a manager. If you sign up now, you're virtually guaranteed to see KKUPFL action this year! Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elan covers some headlines from the past few days and then takes a look at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups. KKUPFL Season 11 registration is in waitlist mode. Register now for the world's best fantasy hockey league to join the waitlist to take over a team in need of a manager. If you sign up now, you're virtually guaranteed to see KKUPFL action this year! Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lewis and Elizabeth reunite for a pre-break rundown of all the news that's come down since Sunday's KK megashow. The duo starts with the shakeup in Toronto, and what new PP lines might mean for Matthew Knies, then cover injuries and outjuries ranging from the joyful to the standard get-right scratches, to the deeply concerning, including talk about Werenski, Dunn, Leo Carlsson, Jarvis, and more. Then it's on to hot and cold streaks for Barzal, Bertuzzi, and Benson, and then the Sunday Saviors to help you win a tricky week. REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan does a solo lap around the league talking about all the injuries, outjuries and news you need to care about to win you fantasy hockey league. REPLACEMENT MANAGERS WANTED! Join KKUPFL Season 11 via our replacement manager waitlist. You'll take over a team and see how far you can take them in the world's best fantasy hockey league. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice. Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by DobberHockey. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.